What about the lighting engineer of the crew?

Give a simple example and you will know what happened to the lighting engineer. Wang Wenyu is a lighting engineer. He has been working in the crew for more than ten years. When he was young, his academic performance was not very good, so Wang Wenyu went to a vocational high school. "At that time, the children in vocational high schools were very naughty and didn't like learning." He stayed for a few months and then left.

At that time, Wang Wenyu's brother, uncle and brother-in-law were all in the crew, doing different jobs such as photography, production and lighting. He is also curious about the film and television industry, so he chose this career for the time being. At that time, his parents didn't quite approve of his choice. They run the building materials business, hoping that he can take over his class. But they didn't directly say, "Maybe they think young people should go out and make a breakthrough", but they didn't expect Wang Wenyu to stay in the crew until now. It is still relatively tolerable.

Be proud of being hardworking.

At first, in order to get familiar with this industry, Wang Wenyu did all the work related to film and television, from field trips, group performances, props, lighting to photography. It seems that there is a lot of work, but there is not much work to be done. Because that era still belongs to the film era, the professional quality of the pedestrians is required to be higher. "It is difficult for such a child who is wet behind the ears to get into it."

At that time, he stayed in this business for about two years, and he was as poor as a bell. "In addition to paying the rent, I have always kept a savings of about 100 on me ... I remember that I wanted to buy a cigarette for my dad on my way home during the New Year, and I left twenty cents in my pocket."

After entering this industry, Wang Wenyu gradually fell in love with photography. There is a saying in the industry that lighting photography is inseparable, so Wang Wenyu has been a photography assistant and lighting assistant for some time. At that time, I always followed the film and television drama, and the working cycle was generally about three months. The working hours are one day 16- 18 hours, and they often turn around 24 hours. "But at that time, I was proud of being able to endure hardships and being proud of being able to talk to my peers when I was old."

When I first became a lighting engineer, Master taught nothing at the scene because "nothing can be asked". Most of the work as a lighting assistant is manual. As for where to put the lamp and what kind of colored paper to add, it's up to master. Wang Wenyu would secretly write down the map of Master's lamp, and then go back and think about why he lit it like this. "But most of the time, I don't understand. At that time, it took many lamps a year or two to understand why they did this. " In fact, it is not easy in any industry. The success of a film is inseparable from the efforts of the backstage, that is, photographers and lighting engineers.

With the accumulation of technical experience in field work, Wang Wenyu began to read some books on lighting, observe the shadows of objects, feel the atmosphere, artistic conception and color of light, and understand the characteristics, direction, types and functions of light. These studies enabled him to make better and more accurate use of light.